Homeless teenagers need cover of the law

I WISH to respond to your article headlined ‘There’s no choice: it’s a hostel or the street’ (June 30) highlighting the danger of young people becoming homeless on leaving care.

In the article a 19-year-old girl describes her negative experience of leaving care, saying: ” ‘You’re 18, here’s the door, out you go’, kind of thing.”

The current situation in Ireland is that once a person turns 18 the State has no further legal obligation to provide aftercare services to help him or her make a successful transition to adult life.